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Investors have lost almost $1 million after two accused scammers convinced them to finance the career of a young Australian singer they dubbed the "next Taylor Swift".

A US Navy sailor has shot and killed two civilians working at Hawaii's historic military base of Pearl Harbor, and injured a third, military officials say, before fatally shooting himself.

Scott Morrison is slashing the number of federal government departments and sacking five senior bureaucrats in a major shake-up of the public service.

The drought will wipe almost $1 billion off the value of Queensland's agricultural commodities this financial year, according to a new forecast.

The Northern Territory Government will fork out more than $30 million after discovering it had been underpaying superannuation to 56,000 current and former public servants over a decade.

Firefighters say they are sick to death of their calls for action on climate change being ignored by the Morrison government.

A Queensland council is pursuing two of Clive Palmer's companies in court seeking millions owed in rates and water charges.

Cricket has lost "a dear friend" on Wednesday with the death of former England captain Bob Willis.

A man has been charged with malicious damage and offensive behaviour after a Chinese Crested Powderpuff dog had its teeth knocked out in Sydney.

Rugby Australia has shot down speculation it will pay ex-Wallaby star Israel Folau $8 million in damages as "wildly inaccurate".